If your BlackBerry Curve starts to take a long time to even open up the simplest application, you may be considering purchasing a larger SD card to help the device's performance. While a larger SD card will not directly make your BlackBerry faster, it can still be part of a solution that results in increasing your Curve's performance.
BlackBerry System Memory
Your BlackBerry Curve comes with a set amount of flash memory installed with the device. Whenever you turn your Curve on, the device uses this memory to load the operating system and the Java application modules. This means that every application you have loaded on your device will take up a part of this memory. Additionally, this memory will store any media or files that you have placed on the device, as opposed to on a memory card. The remaining memory is used for system process, and the more memory that is available, the faster the system will run.
BlackBerry SD Cards
The BlackBerry Curve uses the SD card that you install in the device as alternative storage. On top of storing regular files and music files, the SD card will also store images and video, both those taken from the device's camera and those from outside sources. The nature of these files allows the BlackBerry operating system to use them despite the fact that they are not installed in the device memory, something it can't do with application files. The SD card can also store archived versions of any application you have download from the App World.
SD Cards Effect on Device Memory
Since the SD card is used only for storage and not for system process, changing from a small card to a large one will have no effect on the Curve's overall system speed. However, if you use that extra space to move additional files from the system memory to the media card, it will result in an increase in performance. You can also choose the "Archive" option listed under any app in the BlackBerry App World application. This will delete the app from your system and free up some memory, but will then store an archived copy of the app on the memory card so you can reinstall it within seconds should you ever need the app again.
Make Your Curve Run Faster
Optimizing your BlackBerry Curve's processing speed is all about removing things from the device's memory. You should use your SD card to store all your media files, and you should always archive or delete applications that you no longer use. You can go into the "Applications" menu under the Advanced Options heading to get a list of everything that is installed on your device. Delete anything that you never use, especially memory hogging alternative language files or foreign character files. Also, be sure to reset your BlackBerry Curve once a day, so that your system consistently dumps unneeded temporary files from memory.
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